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was chosen house surgeon and filled this position for one year. He then came to Holden, where he opened an office and has continued in the practice of his profession with ever increasing and remunerative success. Dr. Andruss is the only representative of his school in Holden and has ably demonstrated that he is a pronounced credit to his pro- fession. Dr. Andruss pursued a general post-graduate course in New York in 1903 and a special post-graduate course in operative surgery in Chicago in 1908.
Dr. Andruss was married, January 30, 1895 to Florence May Alli- son and to this marriage have been born the following children: Ed- ward Allison and Oakley Bluhm, twins, born June 8, 1897, Edward being a descendant of patriotic ancestors imbued with a love of coun- try, when war was declared with Germany readily volunteered his services in behalf of the Nation and enlisted with Red Cross Ambulance Corps, Number 24, under Capt. Ernest A. Cayeness, now Red Cross Ambulance Company, Number 355, Sanitary Train, Number 314. Medical Reserve Corps: Oakley Bluhm, departed this life, April 23, 1904; and Annie Onota, born January 22, 1900, a student of the State Normal School at Warrensburg, entering on her course for a ninety- hour diploma. Florence May (Allisonf) Andruss was born and reared on a farm near Knob Noster, Missouri, and is a daughter of Oscar L. Allison of Knob Noster, a native of Virginia and a Union veteran. Mrs. Andruss was educated in the State Normal School at Warrensburg and for ten years was engaged in teaching in the public schools of Johnson county and at Harlem, Clay county, Missouri. Dr. and Mrs. Andruss have a very pleasant home in Holden and enjoy the associa- tions of a large circle of friends. In addition to his practice, Dr. Andruss finds time to supervise the work on his farm in Centerview township.
Dr. Andruss is professionally identified with the Missouri Institute of Homeopathy, of which organization he has served two years as vice-president. He has served one term as local registrar of vital statistics. He is fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Order of the Eastern Star. Dr. and Mrs. Andruss and their children are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a ruling elder. A stanch republican in politics, he was a candidate of his party for coroner of Johnson county in 1900, and though defeated for election, he headed his ticket by a large vote.
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Dr. Andruss not only keeps abreast of the latest developments in the science of his profession but is progressive in his tendencies and views and is ever to be found in the forefront of matters which concern the welfare of his city, his county, and his nation.
James J. Terrell, retired pioneer farmer and Civil War veteran of the Union army is one of the few remaining members of the "Old Guard" who gave the best years of their lives in order that the Union might be preserved. In his serene old age after a long and useful life of endeavor spent in creating a fine homestead in the vicinity of Holden, he is spending the declining years of his life in quiet and well-earned retirement in Holden. Mr. Terrell was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, July 6, 1844 and has lived in Johnson county for nearly fifty-eight years. During this time he has witnessed the many wonder- ful changes which have taken place. He has seen towns and cities take the place of the forests and trackless plains which was the condi- tion of the country when he came here with his father in 1860. J. J. Terrell is a son of Edward D. and Hannah (Allen) Terrell, the former of whom was born and reared in Millersburg. Bourbon county, Ken- tucky, and the latter was born in Maine .
Edward D. Terrell, the father of J. J. Terrell, was born in 1815 and lived in his native town in Kentucky until 1829, when he went to Illinois, where he was reared to manhood. When his son, J. J. Terrell, was a youth, the elder Terrell set out for the gold fields of California in company with five other adventurers, who took six mule teams with them in the long journey across the continent, in 1849. Three years prior to this, Hannah (Allen) Terrell died in April. 1846. After spend- ing three years in the far West he returned home. The father and children resided in Illinois until 1860 and then came to Missouri and settled on a pioneer farm three miles east of Holden in Johnson county. The mother of J. J. Terrell died in 1846, when he was two years of age, leaving three children: J. J., the subject of this review; Martha, deceased wife of D. K. Carmichael, died in 1907: and Mary E., a maiden lady, who makes her home with Mr. Terrell, and spends her winters in California. Edward D. Terrell sold the home place during his later years and spent his last days in Holden, where he died at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
Shortly after the Terrell family came to Missouri, the Civil War began. The Terrells, both father and son, were taken prisoners by
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Confederate soldiers and the father was held in durance at Lexington until the city was captured by Union forces and his freedom was attained, the son having been given his freedom not long after having been taken prisoner. He decided to cast his lot with the Union forces and accordingly, on August 10, 1862, he enlisted at Warrensburg, as a mem- ber of Company A, Thirty-third Missouri Infantry. His command was first stationed at Sedalia and from there went to Benton Barracks, thence going on through Missouri and down the Missouri river. They saw much active service in Missouri and Arkansas, fought against the army of General Price and took part in the Red river expedition. His com- mand fought the army of General Marmaduke near Lake village and were in the thick of the battle at Pleasant Hill. Louisiana. Mr. Terrell took part in many warm skirmishes in which his regiment participated. After the Red river expedition. they came to Memphis and for a time were engaged in the campaign against the army of General Forrest. Mr. Terrell's regiment was a part of the Sixteenth army corps. This command followed Price to Tipton and thence to Alabama where his regiment took an active part in subduing Spanish Fort. From Spanish Fort they went to Montgomery, Alabama, and from there to Selma, Alabama, where they were on duty as provost guards for several months. From this point they went west to Demopolis, Alabama, and on to Mississippi and home. Mr. Terrell was honorably discharged from the service and mustered out at Benton Barracks, August 12. 1865.
After the close of his war service, Mr. Terrell returned to Holden and until his retirement to a home in Holden in 1905, he was actively engaged in farming and stock raising. He was extensively engaged in wheat growing and harvested good crops of small grains each year on his farm of five hundred acres near Holden. He has since sold part of his land and now owns two hundred eighty acres.
Mr. Terrell was married October 29, 1873 to Maria Elizabeth Ennis, a native of Illinois in which state they were united in marriage. To this union have been born three children, as follow: W. E., a shoe merchant of Holden; A. D., general manager of the western depart- ment of the New Jersey Zinc Company with offices in Chicago, and who resides at Evanston. a suburb of the western metropolis: J. E .. who is operating the home farm. Mrs. Terrell was born March 6, 1848, in Jacksonville, Illinois, a daughter of Henry M., a native of Kentucky, and Rebecca (Adams) Ennis, a native of Illinois, who lived and died at Jacksonville, Illinois.
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Politically, J. J. Terrell is a Democrat, but he is inclined to vote in- dependently, as his conscience dictates. Mr. Terrell prefers to do his own thinking about men and measures, when it comes to elections, and usually votes right. Personally, he is a fine old pioneer who has done well his part in the development of Johnson county. He has accumulated a sufficiency of this world's goods to keep him and his faithful wife in comfort the remainder of their days. The many changes for the better which he has witnessed during his long and eventful life have been a source of gratification to him and he often thinks over the days gone by and wishes that he could again shoulder a musket in defense of the flag for which he fought so well and sturdily during the dark days of the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Terrell are good people, who are highly regarded and greatly esteemed for their many excellent qualities by those who know them best.
Wyatt H. Hammond, although one of the oldest of the widely known citizens of Holden, is one of the most prominent mule buyers and shippers in this section of Missouri. For more than twenty years, he has been engaged in this business and is recognized as an expert judge of mules. Thousands of Missouri mules have passed through his sale barns during past years and he is doing a most extensive busi- ness, one whose reputation has been steadily built up by honest methods of conducting sale transactions.
Mr. Hammond was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, November 8. 1840 and was a son of Mark and Julia A. (Boone) Hammond, the former, a native of Virginia and the latter, a native of Kentucky. Mark Hammond was reared to manhood in his native state and there married. He resided in his native state until 1854, when he came to Missouri and located on the old Cockrell farm of five hundred acres which he bought for ten dollars an acre. Unimproved land at this period could be purchased in Johnson county at the government sale price of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, but Mr. Hammond, Sr. had the means and inclination to purchase an improved farm rather than buy raw land and improve it. He resided on his farm until late in life when he located in Holden where he spent his last days in peaceful retire- ment. Mrs. Hammond, mother of the subject of this review. died in Holden at the age. of ninety years. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ham- mond were parents of five sons, three of whom served in the Southern army during the war between the states. William Hammond was killed at the battle of Helena, Arkansas, while serving under General Price.
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Thomas D. Hammond, another son, also served in the Confederate army and after the war closed returned to Johnson county and was engaged in the hog and cattle business. He died in Holden in 1914.
Wyatt H. Hammond enlisted in the Confederate service in 1861 and served under various commanders. He remained in the service until the close of the war and took part in many engagements during the course of his military career. He was discharged from the service at Shreveport, Louisiana. He was once wounded in the right arm, but was never taken prisoner. Among the hard-fought battles, in which he took an active part, were: Jenkins Ferry. Louisiana ; Pleasant Hill; and Helena. At the battle of Helena. Arkansas, he was but a short distance from his brother when he was killed during the heat of the engagement. After the war ended, he returned home and settled on one hundred twenty acres of land which he proceeded to develop and create into a fine farming property and then later moved to the Murray place, which served as his home until 1896. He came to Holden in that year and established the mule buying business, which now bears his name, which business has made him widely and favorably known throughout this section of Missouri. The business is conducted under the firm name of Hammond & Son, the father being assisted by his son, A. J. Hammond.
Mr. Hammond was married in 1866 to Penelope A. Murray, now an invalid, a daughter of David J. Murray, who was killed while in the Confederate service. Her mother was Mary Evelyn ( Bradley ) Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have three children, namely: May, wife of J. B. McDonald, Independence, Missouri; Lizzie, a public school teacher, who resides with her parents; A. J., who makes his home with his father and is associated with him in the mule business.
Mr. Hammond is a member of the Presbyterian church and con- tributes of his means to religious and all worthy enterprises. During his long residence in Johnson county, he has always been prominently identified with the Democratic party and is recognized as one of the "wheel-horses" of his party. He has ever taken a keen and influential interest in the activities of the same and has assisted materially in its successes. He has filled the important post of chairman of the Demo- cratic central committee. Mr. Hammond has ever been ready to assist a friend who is seeking political preferment. The city of Holden and Johnson county consider this sturdy, old pioneer as a most valued and
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useful citizen, a man whose business integrity is of the best and whose methods of dealing are such as to have built up a large clientelle.
Isaac Kauffman, of Warrensburg, Missouri, is a citizen of John- son county who is universally respected and esteemed. He was born in 1842 in Stark county, Ohio, the son of Abraham and Anna (Leib) Kauffman, the former a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Abra- ham and Anna Kauffman were the parents of the following children: Anna, married Daniel Harley, of Indiana, and is now deceased; Henry, who died in early boyhood; two children died in infancy; Isaac, the sub- ject of this review; Mrs. Elizabeth Longenecker, Otsego, Michigan; Andrew, who enlisted in the Civil War in the Nineteenth Ohio In- fantry and died in a hospital at Evansville, Indiana, and was buried in Ohio; Mrs. Mary Kamerer, who resides in Starke county, Ohio; Jacob, who was drowned at the age of eighteen years; Mrs. Sarah Witsaman, who died in Michigan; and Mrs. Ellen Fox, who resides in Branch county, Michigan. Mr. Fox is a member of the state Legisla- ture of Michigan. Both the father and mother died in Starke county, Ohio.
Isaac Kauffman was born March 2. 1842 and was reared in Starke county, Ohio. He attended the district schools of Starke county and later worked at making shoes to earn money to attend Greensburg Seminary in Summit county. At the age of eighteen years he had learned the shoemaker's trade, working nights when the only lights were tal- low candles. For his first two years of work he received thirty dollars in money. In those days the shoemaker made the shoes as well as repaired them. After leaving the seminary, Mr. Kauffman taught school two terms, one term at Uniontown, Ohio, and then for about sixteen years followed his trade of shoemaker. In 1866 Mr. Kauffman became interested in the mercantile business in Hartville. Ohio, conducting a store at that place for a short time. From Hartville he moved to Randolph, Ohio, in Portage county and from there came to Warrens- burg, Missouri, in the fall of the year 1868.
For five years after coming to Warrensburg, Isaac Kauffman worked at his trade of shoemaker in the employ of Mr. Heberling, the veteran shoemaker of Warrensburg. While he was working for Mr. Heberling, Mr. Kauffman spent the early mornings and late evenings caring for a small garden. Later, he was a member of the firm, Smith, Scott & Kauffman, afterward Smith & Kauffman. He was employed
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in the grocery store of both Stewart & Redford and Kelly & Robinson and engaged in the real estate business with Ray Hill. Mr. Kauffman was appointed administrator of his father-in-law's estate upon his demise and in 1890 he left the store in order to settle this estate. Before the estate was settled it became necessary for Mr. Kauffman to return to Ohio in order to care for his aged father and he remained in Ohio nearly six years, until August, 1896. He has settled a number of estates as administrator or executor. The Kauffmans resided near Canton, Ohio, the home of President Mckinley, and were personally acquainted with the president. Isaac Kauffman returned to Warrensburg in 1896 and since that time has resided on the small tract of land he purchased in January, 1869, from W. K. Morrow. This land comprises one and one-fourth acres, which for eight years after he bought it lay outside the city limits, but are now within the corporation at 422 South Holden street.
In April, 1866, Isaac Kauffman was united in marriage with Lucy A. Brown in Canton, Ohio. Lucy A. ( Brown) Kauffman was born in January, 1837, in Stark county, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Kauff- man was born one child: Octavia A., who is the wife of Richard M. Rob- ertson, a prominent and an able attorney of Warrensburg, Missouri.
Mr. Kauffman has always been a great lover of music, probably inheriting his keen rhythmic sense from his father, Abraham Kauffman, who was a gifted musician and a writer of manuscript music. Isaac Kauffman has in his possession a volume of music written by his father. The work shows that the elder Kauffman was an artist in the preparation of his music manuscript as well as a skilled musician. There are several pieces in this volume which is carefully bound, neatly written and in an excellent state of preservation. Mr. Kauffman has taught vocal music and at one time was the director of music at the Warrensburg Metho- dist Episcopal church. For many years he was the only male member of the music committee of that church and is now. Before coming to Missouri, he was a member of a band in Ohio and after coming to Warrensburg became a member of the band here. He relates an amus- ing incident, which occurred when he was a member of the Warrensburg band. When Francis M. Cockrell was elected United States Senator the first time, Warrensburg gave him a rousing reception at Empire Hall, to which place he was escorted by his home town band. Colonel Elliott introduced the new senator and Senator Cockrell responded in
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a memorable speech. When returning from the residence of Mr. Cock- rell, where the band had escorted the senator, Mr. Kauffman, who played the bass horn in the band, opposite the Methodist church, stepped accidentally upon a loose board in the old wooden sidewalk and the opposite end of the board flew up, tripping Lon West and causing him to fall forward several paces, his instrument going several feet in advance of him. Mr. West was an adept at swearing with whom few could compete and none equal, and Mr. Kauffman states that he outdid himself that evening as he gathered himself together and began to search for his horn.
When Mr. Kauffman came to Warrensburg, November 19, 1868, he brought with him a box of one hundred trees, which were mostly apple trees, but there was one of them an Austrian pine. He planted this evergreen tree, then about two feet high, in the front yard of his home and it is now one of the most beautiful trees in Warrensburg and the prettiest on his place. The original orchard of forty-four trees is now dead. Isaac Kauffman was owner of the first registered Poland China hog in Johnson county. He registered this hog as "King of Johnson" and for a number of years was engaged in raising and shipping pedigreed hogs to various parts of this state and other states. Mr. Kauffman received a number of prizes and premiums on the hogs he exhibited at the Johnson County Fair, held at Holden, Missouri.
Mr. Kauffman is a valued and highly regarded member of the Warrensburg Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been treas- urer for nearly sixteen years and a member for more than thirty-five years. Mrs. Kauffman died in October, 1903, and he is now living alone on his place on South Holden street. Mr. Kauffman's place now com- prises two and a half acres and there Mr. Kauffman is quietly spending his days, enjoying the shade of the trees he planted, working in his garden, and making friends with the birds, that have no difficulty in learning to know and love him. His little farm is now a part of the city of Warrensburg, but in the summer the shady retreats suggest the quiet of the country.
J. W. Greenwood, justice of the peace and police judge of Holden, Missouri, is a native of Kentucky. He was born in Perryville, that state. December 18, 1844. He was a son of Armstead and Elizabeth (Bolling) Greenwood, both of whom were born and reared in Kentucky and came of Virginia pioneer stock. Armstead Greenwood was a son
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of John Greenwood, a native of Culpepper county, Virginia, who served as a captain in the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth ( Bolling) Green- wood, mother of the subject of this review, was a daughter of Dred Bolling, who fought in the War of 1812 and held the rank of major. She was born in Kentucky in 1792 and was a cousin of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's father. The Greenwood family is of English extraction and was founded in this country by John Greenwood. a native of England who settled in Virginia during the era of history prior to the Revolu- tionary War. He was a stanch opponent of monarchical government and favored the independence of the American colonies during his entire life and was outspoken in his convictions.
A. Greenwood, father of J. W. Greenwood, spent his entire life in Kentucky and died there in 1896, at the advanced age of eighty- nine years, in the city of Louisville and in that city his remains were interred. J. W. Greenwood is one of three children who were reared to maturity by his parents. The others were: James, who entered the Confederate service shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, prior to which time he had entered government land in Kansas near Fort Scott and during the border days and internal troubles in Kansas was driven out with other Southern sympathizers and returned to Warrens- burg, Missouri, and in this city he enlisted and served in General Cock- rell's brigade and was killed during the battle of Fort Gibson, Missis- sippi; and Eleanor, who is now deceased.
J. W. Greenwood received his education at Danville, Ken- tucky. When the Civil War began, he enlisted in Company A. Third Kentucky Infantry, in the "Army of the Cumberland." He saw much active service in Kentucky. Tennessee, and Alabama and fought at the battles of Stone River. Shiloh, and Mill Springs. He was once injured by being struck in the left leg by a spent ball. He was discharged from the service at Louisville, Kentucky at the close of the conflict. He then returned home and resided in Lincoln county. Kentucky until 1882 when he came to Holden, Missouri and for a number of years was engaged in the mercantile business. He eventually disposed of his business interests and in 1896 was elected justice of the peace and is now serving his sixth term in this official position. At several different times, he has served as police judge. Judge Greenwood has also served as asses- sor and had charge of the city's finances for several years while the town was governed under the old city charter.
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Judge Greenwood was married in 1865 to Miss Mattie Cooper of Lincoln county, Kentucky and to this union have been born twelve children, seven of whom are living, namely: J. C., Dumont, Texas; Ella H., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; James A., Bolivia, Missouri; Charles H., Holden, Missouri; Ernest, of Oklahoma; Percy, Holden, Missouri: and Mattie, wife of Fred Craft, an artist of Kansas City.
Judge Greenwood has always been allied with the Republican party and stands high in the councils of the same. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and has tried to live according to the precepts of his religion. His long life has been a useful one, devoted in great part to the service of his fellowmen. He is recognized as one of the leading and best respected citizens of Holden and Johnson county. Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood have many warm and steadfast friends.
J. W. Adams, proprietor and founder of the Adams Poultry and Egg Company, of Holden, Missouri, was born in Owingsville, Bath county, Kentucky, July 19, 1864, a son of Hiram and Elizabeth (Mark- land) Adams, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. The Adams family, of which J. W. Adams is a worthy and capable descendant, is one of the oldest and most prominent in America and traces its origin to the same progenitors who produced the two great presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams. The founders of the family in America came from Scotland.
Hiram Adams migrated with his family from Kentucky to Pilot Grove, Missouri, Cooper county, in 1868. In this county both parents spent the remainder of their lives and died at Bunceton, Missouri. Both parents are interred in the Masonic cemetery at that place. They were the parents of five children, as follow: J. W., with whom this review is directly concerned; Lillian, who is associated with her brother in the poultry and egg business; J. M., who is also assisting his brother in conducting the business at Holden; Effie M., who is another very capable assistant in the management of this very extensive concern; and Joseph G., now residing in California, a veteran of the Spanish American War, who served several years in the regular army of the United States.
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